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Mitsubishi Motors Corp. said it has suspended the manufacturing and shipment of electric vehicles that use a lithium-ion battery made by a subsidiary of GS Yuasa Corp. after two recently caught fire, according to the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun.

After having its Dreamliner model grounded worldwide in mid-January, because of two incidents with overheating lithium-ion batteries, Boeing is testing a new battery system and conducting test flights in the hopes of getting the airplane back in the air. Some reports suggest that could occur by June.

In-process gaging/probing is nothing new with conventional machine tools or even sinker-type electrical discharge machines (EDMs). The capability is, however, very new for wire EDMs--mainly because while all the necessary individual technological components were available, it took EDM OEMs years to figure out exactly how to integrate them into a wire machine.

The FDA on March 22 issued a proposal to improve the quality of automated external defibrillators (AED). The proposed order, if finalized, will require manufacturers of these life-saving devices to submit pre-market approval (PMA) applications.

Orthopedic implant maker Stryker Corp. said it received a warning letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration related to quality concerns at its Portage, MI facility, according to a Reuters report.